diff --git a/scripts/ci/common/functions.sh b/scripts/ci/common/functions.sh
index c8d0ca4893c4581feff9abc76c29a797c5758e0c..16974a7859f679a7b05d60e9cdb446d80900d80f 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/common/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/common/functions.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-VERSION=`git describe --tags --first-parent`
+VERSION=`git describe --tags`
 
 #usage:
 #update_version_in_file 'file_path'
diff --git a/svarog/pom.xml b/svarog/pom.xml
index 2043a4f356c8f51e470f460addddfa4bd1747888..1d77a436aec3943c034d6466ca9119397203cc80 100644
--- a/svarog/pom.xml
+++ b/svarog/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@
 									  resultproperty="git-describe.result">
 									<arg value="describe" />
 									<arg value="--tags" />
-									<arg value="--first-parent" />
 								</exec>
 								<condition property="svarog.git-version"
 										   value="${git-describe.output}"
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.zeromq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jeromq</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3.5</version>
+			<version>0.5.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.getsentry.raven</groupId>
diff --git a/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/app/worker/monitor/MonitorWorker.java b/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/app/worker/monitor/MonitorWorker.java
index e4e7dea281be1f16e09d6cc99a70334a08c53fea..0aeddef97ac4b19d0269a4ecd9872fb3b293a681 100644
--- a/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/app/worker/monitor/MonitorWorker.java
+++ b/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/app/worker/monitor/MonitorWorker.java
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ private void publishTagFromMessage(BaseMessage msg) {
 			style = stylesGenerator.getSmartStyleFor(tagMsg.getName(), tagLen, -1);
 			tagSet.addStyle(style);
 		}
-		int channel = -1;
+
+                int channel = -1;
 		try{
 		    channel = Integer.parseInt(tagMsg.getChannels());
 		}
diff --git a/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/peer/Peer.java b/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/peer/Peer.java
index ab9ddfe27511919eed01d60de339f2ebea0c821f..881c5b9700eb98ce2c61abbc9b38c0ca26d85f66 100644
--- a/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/peer/Peer.java
+++ b/svarog/src/main/java/org/signalml/peer/Peer.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public final BaseMessage askPeer(BaseMessage message, String repURL) throws Open
 	 */
 	private static String bindSocket(ZMQ.Socket socket, String address) {
 		socket.bind(address);
-		return (String) socket.base().getsockoptx(zmq.ZMQ.ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT);
+		return (String) socket.base().getSocketOptx(zmq.ZMQ.ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public void connect() throws CommunicationException, OpenbciCommunicationExcepti
 	 * @return true if more parts are coming, false otherwise
 	 */
 	private static boolean isRcvMore(ZMQ.Socket socket) {
-		int rcvMore = (Integer) socket.base().getsockoptx(zmq.ZMQ.ZMQ_RCVMORE);
+		int rcvMore = (Integer) socket.base().getSocketOptx(zmq.ZMQ.ZMQ_RCVMORE);
 		return rcvMore == 1;
 	}